Dish-washer.



I. BROWNRIGG.

DISH WASHER. APPLICATION FILED OGT.31,1911.

1,032,737. Patented July 16, 1912.

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WITNESSES [NV/f/YTOR cla @rownffgg I. BROWNRIGG.

DISH WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T31, 1911.

Patented July 16, 1912.

.uMTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'IIQA BROWNRIGG, 0F MOUNT IDA, KANSAS.

DISH-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Application filed October 31, 1911. Serial No. 657,761.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA BRowNRrco, citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Ida, in the county of Anderson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish-l/vashers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to dish washers of the type in which there is provided a body portion having water agitating means mounted in a trough, formed in the bottom and having vertical racks extended from each side of the trough and converging toward the upper end of the body portion so that a wedge shaped space is formed between the racks and the sides of the body portion, so that dishes of various sizes can be supported in the body between the rack and the side of the body portion, the small dishes resting near the bottom and the larger dishes near the top as shown in Fig. 1.

The principal object of this invention is to provide an improved type of supporting rack which may be manufactured at a very small cost and which will occupy a small amount of space when being shipped from the manufacturer to the people manufacturing the washer. These racks are mounted in the body portion so that a clearance is left between the lower ends of the racks and the bottom of the body portion so that scraps of food which are upon plates placed in the washer may readily pass between the racks into the trough.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a View partially in end elevation and partially in sect-ion. Fig. 2 1s a longitudinal section through the washer. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the washer. Fig. 4 is a view showing the plate racks stacked ready for packing. Fig. 5 is a view showing the plate racks in the receptacle in which there are racks to be shipped.

Referring to the accompanying drawlngs by numerals it will be seen, this invention comprises a body portion having the side rolled outer edges, thus holding the cover in spaced relation. A handle 16 is secured to the cover so it may be easily lifted when desired. T he bottom 17 of the body portion is curved as shown in Fig. l and is provided with a curved trough 18, at its central point in which a water agitating device is mounted. A shaft 19 extends through the trough 18, and carries blades 20, by means of which water in the body portion is agitated when the shaft is rotated. extends through the body portion and has a gear 21 mounted on its outer end, the gear 21 meshing with a large driving gear 22 which is rotatably mounted upon one end of the body portion. lVhen the gear 22 is turned by means of this handle 23, the shaft 19 is rotated in the body portion and turns at a great deal faster speed than the gear 22, thus causing the water in the body portion to be very greatly agitated so as to cleanse the dishes.

The dishes are suspended in the body portion by means of the two racks which are mounted in the body portion one upon each side of the trough 18. These racks converge toward the upper end of the body ortion as shown in Fig. 1. It will also be noted that the ends of the racks do not extend to the bottom, thus leaving a clear space so that particles of food which are washed from the dishes may readily pass beneath theracks. These racks each comprise the rods 24 which are connected by the cross bars 25 and 26, the cross bars having their ends turned to form the flange 27, by means of which the racks may be secured to the ends of the body portion. It should be noted that these racks are constructed identical so they may be packed in a very small space, as shown in Fig. 5, when it is desired to ship these racks to the parties manufacturing the washers. It should also be noted that these racks can be manufactured very cheaply, since they simply require lengths of rod metal and cross bars which are formed from rectangular blanks, thus permitting the part from which the racks are made to be manufactured without any loss of metal.

What I claim is: A dish washer comprising a tank, transverse plates across said tank, the upper ones of said plates being spaced farther from the One end of the shaft side walls of the tank than the lower ones, In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my upwardlyinclinedrods on said plates spaced, signature in presence of two witnesses. to hold the dishes on edge, and the lower IDA BROWNRIGG. ends 'of said rods being spaced from the bot- Witnesses:

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in the tank. V J. T. YOKUNN. 

